THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1924

SYNOPSIS OF
“LAND ACT AMENDMENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS
. Vacant, unreserved, surveyed

. Crown lands may be pre-empted by
British subjects over 18 years of age,
and by aliens on declaring intention
tu becume British subjecta, condi-
tional upon residence, occupation,
and improvement for agricultural
PUrLuse|s., :

Fu.] information concerning regu-
iaiions je¢arding pre-emptions is
riven in Bulletin No, 1, Lund Series.
“How to Pre-empt Land,” copies of
which can be obtained (ree uf charg¢
by addressing the Department_ of
Lands, Victuria, B.C, or to any Gov-
sinment Agent... °;

Records will be granted covering.
only ‘and suitable for. agrkculturai
purposes, and which is not timber-
land, Le, carrying over 5.000 board
fect per acre west of the Coast Range
ane 8,000 feet per acre east of that
Range. :

Applicailons for ‘pre-emptions are
to be addressed to the Land Com-
missioner of the Lund Reco dug Di-
vision, in which the lund applied for
is situated,.and are made un printed
forma, vopies of which can be oh-
tained from the Land Commissioner.

Pre-emptions must be oecupied Por
five years and Improvements made
to vale oP $10 per dere van Gat,
clearing and cultivacing at :east five
acres, before 2 Crown Grant ‘can be,
received.

For more detailed information see
Buhetin “dow . bre-em,n

Land.”
PURCHASE

Applications are received for pur-
ehase of vacant and unreserved
Crown jands, not. being timberiand.
for agriru iural purpotes; m nimur:
rrice.of first-class (arable) land ts $5
per acre, and second-class (giazing)
wand $2.50 per acre. Further infor-
mation regarding purchase or -eaae
of Crown tands is given in Bulletin
No. 10, Land Series, “Purchase and
Lease of Crown Lands.” .

_ Mill, factory, or industrial sites on
timber land, not exceeding 40 acres,
riny be purchased or leased, the con-
ditions including payment of
-siumpaee,

HOMESITE LEASES:

Mnsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20,

be jeased as homesites,
a dwelling bein

acves mny
condition at
» etd in the first year, title beins
oktainobie after residence and {tm-
provement conditions are fulfilled
and ‘and has. been surveyed.

LEASES |

For grazing and industrial pur-
poses areas not exceeding 440 acres
may be leased by one person or 4
company. -

GRAZING

Under the Grasing Act the Prov-
ince ts divided into grazing districts
and the range administered under 4
Grazing Commissioner. Annua!
grazing permits are issued brsed on

mbers ranged, priority being given
WS established owners. Stock-owners
may form associations for range
management. Free, or partially free.
permits are available for settlers.
campers and travelers, up to ten

ead, .

upon

LAND ACT ,

Skeena Land District, District of

Coast, Range 6 oo
_ TAKE notice that I, Frederick M:
Hall, of Terrace, B.C., occupation Tim-
ber Cruiser, intend to apply for per-
mission to purchase the following des-
eribed lands: ;

Commencing at a post. planted on the
East shore of Kitsumgallum Lake 40
chains northerly from the North-west
corner ‘of Lot 6788, Range 5, Coast Dis-
trict; thence East 20 chains to a point
40 chaing North of the North east
corner of said Lot 6738,‘thence South
20 chains, thence West 10 chains more
or legs to. the East shore of Kitsumgal-
lum Lake, thence North-westerly fol-
lowing’ said shore 25 chains more or
lesa to the point of commencement and
containing 80 acres more or less. .

_ FREDERICK M. HALL:
. Date March 6th, 1924. "16

LAND’ ACT

Hazelton Land District,

Coast, Range'6 ;

TAKE notice that I, Jean Louis

Chretien, of Terrace, B.C.,° occupation

Farmer, intend to apply for permission

; to urchase: the following. described

anda; © ot

‘ Commencing at a‘ post “planted. 40

~ chains west of the North-east corner of

Lot: $70, ‘and-.at the'south end of an

. Island in the Skeena River; ‘thence fol-

lowing: shore of the Skeena. River,

Northerly :80 chains, Hasterly.10 chains,

District of

Southerly and, Westerly to,the point of) |

commencement, .. excepting : therefrom
| gravel bars ‘covered by:high water, and:
containing 26 acres more or less. 7.

N LOUIS CHRETIEN|.
OA es TB.

Provincial Elections Act
Form 12 (Section 41)

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Proclamation of Returning Officer

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
in the SKEENA Electoral District
To Wit: ;
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to
the voters of Skeena Electoral District
that in obedience to His Majesty’s

Writ to me directed, and bearing date

the tenth day of May, in the year of

Our Lord one thousand nine hundred

and twenty-four, | require the presence

of the said Voters at Police Office,

Hazelton, B.C., on the thirtieth day of

May, 1924, at twelve o'clock noon, for

the purpose of nominating and electing

a.person to represent them in the

Legislature of this Province.

THE MODE OF NOMINATION OF
CANDIDATES SHALL BE AS
FOLLOWS:-- . .

The candidates shall be nominated in
writing; the writing shall be subseribed
by two registered voters of the district
as. proposer and seconder, and by
other registered yoters of the said
district as asgenting to the nomination,
and shall be delivered to the Returning

Officer at any time between the date

of this Proclamation and one p.m. of
‘the da

of nomination. In the event of
necessary, such poli willbe

a poll bein
e twentieth day of June,

open on t

1924, at

Butedale

Cedarvale

Craxton

Copper City
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Moricetown
New Hazelton
Pacific ;
Port Essington
Remo
Rosewood

Duthie Mines
Evelyn

Skeena Crossing
Smithers
South Hazelton
Surf Inlet

‘ Swanson Bay
Telkwa
Terrace

- Usk

Glentanna
Hanali
Hazelton
Kitwanga
Kitimat
Kitsumkalum
Kispiox
Lorne Creek.
Little Canyon
of which every person is hereby requir-
ed to take notice and govern himself
accordingly.

GIVEN under my hand at Hazelton.
BC., this twentieth day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

JAS, TURNBULL,

Glentanna
Hazelton —

Kitimat

; Returning Officer.

Liquor-Control Plebiscites
Act.
- Proclamation of Returning Officer

a

PROVINCE OF BRITISH. COLUMBIA
In the SKEENA Etectoral District

To Wit:

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to
the Electors of the Electoral District

aforesaid that 1 have received His

Majesty’s writ to me directed, and
bearing date the 10th day of May, 1924,
commanding me to cause the following

question, namely :—

Do you approve of the sale of beer
by the glass in licensed premises
without a bar under Govern-
ment control and regulation?

to be submitted according to Jaw to the
Eleetors qualified to vote for the elec-
tion of. a member of the Legislative
Assembly for the Electoral District
aforesaid; and, further, that in obedi-
ence to the said Writ a poll shall be
opened at eight o’clock in the forendon
and shal] be closed at seven o’clock in
the afternoon on the 20th day of June,
1924, for taking and receiving the votes
of the said Electors in_each polling
division of the Electoral District: afore-
said at the
; Polling Divisions
Moricetown
New Hazelton
Pacific
‘Port Essington —
Remo".
Rosswood
- Skeena. Crossing
‘Smithers -
2 South ‘Hazelton
“" Surf Inlet.
“_< Bwandon. Bay
* Telkwa - :
- Terrace |,

Butedale
Cedarvale
Che tn Oe
‘opper Ci
Duthie Mince.
Evelyn

Hanall
Kitwanga ..°
Kitsumkalum.;
Lorne Creek

Kispiox re
Little Canyon...

respective places following:.

Presence en reemerged

TELKWA TALES |}

News from the Hub of Bulkley
Valley

eel

Constable Thornthwaite, of the
R.C.M-P., left Telkwa Wednes-
day morning for ‘Vancouver.

From Vancouver he will leave}

for the Yukon, Const: Thorn-
thwaite has been with the Telk-
wa detachment for the last year
and made many friends in Telk-
wa and throughout the district,
who regret his departure and
wish him good fortune in the
land of the north. o

Gus. Timmermeister is down
from Dome mountain spending a
few days in Telkwa.

Everybody is‘ looking forward
to the. horse races on the 24th
and a dance in the evening.

Mr. Rive, of the department of

agriculture, was in Telkwa dur-|.

ing the early part of the week
and intended going. into Francois
and Ootsa Lake country. -

Rev. J. S. Bravfield was at
Houston last Sunday and held his
monthly service at that point.

According to the first draft
issued by ,the Methodist con-
ference, Rev. A. C. Pound has
been stationed at Telkwa.

Billy Wallace has purchased
the Thornthwaite car.” Billy
says it’s.a good car, pretty near,
but finds it. hard climbing some
of the steep hills when he forgets
to take the emergency brake off,

New G.N KR. timetable—Telk-
wa, Eastbound, 4,08 a.m.; West-
bound, 5 47 a:m.

- Everybody is talking election
and naturally everybody is back.
ing a winner, its too bad we can-

not elect the three candidates for | -

they are all honest and respect
ed citizens.

The new rock on the Telkwa
streets is raising havoc with
automobile tires all three candi
dates have promised to look intu
the matter.

N

While working on the Kalum
Lake road John Dool met, with a.
serious accident, his right ankle
and left knee being very badly
injured. His condition necessitat ,

ed his removal to Prince Rupert:

hospital for an X ray examina-
tion on. Wednesday.

Navigable Waters Protection Act
_ | R.S.¢. Chapter 115

HE Minister of Public Works, Sov-

ernment of the Province of British
Columbia, hereby gives notice that he
has, under Section 7 of. the above Act,
deposited with the Minister of Public

‘Works at Ottawa, and in the office of | |

the-Distriet Registrar at Prince Rupert,
B.C., a description of the site and plans
of a Highway. Bridge, : proposed to be
built over the Skeene River at Terrace,

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Ghheir footsteps
treadthe same |
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ENERATION after generation has mounted those steps and
entered that door, and still—although the original owners are
gone—the old home clings to its youthiul appea-ance. The bride
and groom of yester-ycar, who made this their love nest planned
wisely. They saved and preserved by the-use of paint, Other gene-
rations saw the wisdom of this, and today the old home stands as
a monument to those who not only built well but knew the econ-
omy of surface preservation by paint. - -

BHeanr

has been in use throughout Canada for many
years as a surface protection against the ele-
ments of decay. 7

It is made to a guaranteed formula — 70%
Brandram's Genuine B.B. White Lead and 30%
Pure White Zinc, and will cover a greater
surface and give longer wear than any other
paint made. It is the national surface saver,

FOR SALE EY

HATT BROS. -_ Terrace, B.C.

BRANDRAM-HENDERSON

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THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS, PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—
Placer Gold .....cee eee cece ones eseeeed 76,962,208

‘Lode Gold..... peveeeeaeenee ew eaee aves 113,362,655
‘ 63.582, 655
Leedaeeeeeeeener Slane steer et eeeee 58,132,661
rilaeee 11 179:046-508

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89,415,234
1,408,257

The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
ince is strikingly: illustrated in the following figures, which
show the value of production: for successive 6-year ‘periods:
For all years to 1896, inclusive . 94,547,241
For five years, 1896-1900 ... 57,605,967
For five years, 1901-1905 .........6+++. 96,507,968
For five years, 1906-1910 serae 126,584,474
For five years, 1911-1915 . 142,072,808 °
For five years, 1916-1920) .......... + 189,922,725
For the year 1921 .... 0.2008 , 28,066,641
For the year 1922
- For the year. 1928 : ,
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $350,288,862
-"Lede-mining has only been in progress about 25 years,
and ‘not 20 per cent. of the Province has be n even pros-
ected; 300,000: square miles of unexplored mineral bear-
ing Janda are’ open for prospecting. 7
- ” The mining laws of this Province are more liberal and
the fées lower than any other_province in the Dominion,
or any Colony in the’ British Empire. _ 7
Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal.
fees, Absolute titles are obtained by developing such pro-
‘perties, security of which is guaranteed by crown grants,
Full information, together with mining reports and maps,
may be obtained gratia by addressing — ar

The

Honourable’ The Minister of Mines.
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